Emailed the missus with a great two-headed teddy bear based on a character from the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.
Her response?
“Dude, AWESOME!!! Maybe we should start reading her Hitchhiker’s Guide now, to get her started early?”
Plus, the great kid slept for nine hours last night (has been averaging six to seven.) At a hair over 3 month old, I think that is pretty good . My whole family is indeed awesome!
Bears originally found on Boing Boing.
Way before a baby of our own was on its way, I used to joke about having a productive baby. I suggested a way for the kid to work on mobility and dexterity while providing a service around the house: a onesie made out of mop-cloth. Genius, I thought!
As with most things, the Japanese beat me to it.
Picture from AsianJoke.com.All I can say is my baby mop looked better than the one above. I know the kid will be cuter.
As for educating the baby for other tasks, I found a great set of instructional guides by Lisa Brown.
While on vacation this summer, we took Baby Mix Me a Drink to show friends. Their amazing, great 6-year-old daughter wanted to have a look at it. After reading the whole thing, she looks at my wife (who explained what a Champagne Cocktail was) and said something like, “A baby can’t make drinks, this is a book for older kids,” (Who, we all know, can make a mean Old Fashioned [page 8].)
I plan on a preschooler who can mix a SoCo Manhattan for Daddy.
3/4 oz Sweet Vermouth
2 – 1/2 oz Southern Comfort
Cherry
Now that all the proper family have been notified, I can post online that we are adding a kid to the family. With a baby is on the way, I have started doing much research online. As part of an internet offering, I subscribed to a free parenting magazine and now I get emails like this…
And I thought my “curviness” was a result of fatty foods and inactivity. Now I know. My wife says she appreciates my voluptuousness.
In order to maintain my manliness while pregnant I look at over-priced baby movers like this one seen on Daddy Types. I feel more masculine already!
I would be the coolest dad ever if I had this! I love this thing, although it doesn’t look like it’s a light stroller.
The search for cool baby stuff is taking place even though there is no bun in the oven. Daddy Types, the weblog for new dads has the same approach to kids stuff as most men have towards cars.
My wife loves the Glarkware ‘Dingo snack” shirt, we can afford an IKEA ANTILOP high chair, we can’t afford one item from Modernseed. I may be able to get the wife onboard with an OrbitBaby baby chair/stroller/car seat system. Or not.
But raising kids is an exercise in moral and social responsibility. Little did I know that as potential parents that we would have to look out for fascist aggitators cruising the pre-schools for disillusioned tots.
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